Courage Quotes

Fill your armoury with arrows of courage!

~ Anuranjita Kumar

There's no magic potion to remove you from a tough situation than your own self conviction and no poison as dangerous as self doubt. In no one has done it so far, you could be the one showing the way!

~ Anuranjita Kumar

If you don't speak then you are not heard, and if you are not heard then you don't really exist

~ Anuranjita Kumar

Life is a game of chance. You ought to play the game.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living.

~ Robert Thier

How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

~ Jonathan Harnisch

Courage is not always big and bright and loud; sometimes it's as silent and small as true words, a smile when you'd rather weep, or getting up every day and living with quiet dignity while all around you life rages. You cannot truly love, live or exist without courage. Without it you are simply biding time until you die.

~ Wendy Mills

Reality is a dream that someone was brave enough to conquer.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Delusional or not, maybe if I believe in a better world with enough conviction, and convince others to believe it as well, then it will be real.

~ Emilyann Girdner

Make up your minds that happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

~ Pericles

One must be careful not to allow himself fall into the trap of hero worship; we are to take counsel from men, emulate their courage, and godliness, but we are not allowed to worship them. Heroes are men, and men make mistakes.

~ Paul Bamikole

You are stronger than you think. I have weathered many storms, tragedies, and heartaches in my life–and here I am still standing. Here you are still standing. Joy is right around the corner you just have to change your focus and look for it. And that can be rough. Rough roads can be unbearable, but you can walk them. Sometimes when you come to the end of yourself–give yourself a chance to dig in deeper. Look for the good, and you’ll find strength you never knew you had.

~ Michelle Muriel

You have to conquer every obstacle to realize the goal.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.

~ Yann Martel

Self-discipline, self-realization and self-reliance.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When life throws trials and tribulations towards you, shield your destiny with courage, faith and perseverance.

~ Hafiz

It was amazing to think that she'd always had it wrong, imagining that they were the weak ones, the ones who took their chance. No. The weakest are those who stay put and call it sacrifice, call it not having a choice.

~ Sunjeev Sahota

One way to disperse fear and create decision was to consider the worst possible outcome of one's actions.

~ Robin Hobb

Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.

~ T.j. Stiles

Dance with your rhythm.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Some of you may not like what I had to say, but these are the things that I’ve noticed and believe should be said.

~ Auliq Ice

They may not like what you have to say, but it is better to express how you feel.

~ Auliq Ice

I am the interpretation of the prophetI am the artist in the coffinI am the brave flag stained with bloodI am the wounds overcomeI am the dream refusing to sleepI am the bare-breasted voice of libertyI am the comic the insult and the laughI am the right the middle and the leftI am the poached eggs in the skyI am the Parisian streets at nightI am the dance that swings till dawnI am the grass on the greener lawnI am the respectful neighbour and the graceful manI am the encouraging smile and the helping handI am the straight back and the lifted chinI am the tender heart and the will to winI am the rainbow in rainI am the human who won’t die in vainI am Athena of Greek mythologyI am the religion that praises equalityI am the woman of stealth and affectionI am the man of value and compassionI am the wild horse ploughing throughI am the shoulder to lean ontoI am the Muslim the Jew and the ChristianI am the Dane the French and the PalestinianI am the straight the square and the roundI am the white the black and the brownI am the free speech and the free pressI am the freedom to expressI will die for my right to be all the above here mentionedAnd should threat encounter I’ll pull my pencil

~ Mie Hansson

Do not judge a woman on her knees_you never know how tall she is when she stands!

~ Mie Hansson

I ain’t scared to lend a handI ain’t scared to clench it either

~ Mie Hansson

Face your fears and you will be able to conquer them.

~ Bohdi Sanders

Action gives a decision power and finality.

~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not.

~ Jules Renard

Our muddy machine gun pits were transformed into Courage Clubs when bombs fell or Japanese warships pounded us from the sea. There was protocol to be observed, too, and it was natural that the poor fellow who might break into momentary terror should cause pained silence and embarrassed coughs. Everyone looked the other way, like millionaires confronted by the horrifying sight of a club member borrowing five dollars from the waiter.

~ Robert Leckie

Brainwashing, thought Mrs. Pollifax contemptuously, and suddenly realized that she was not afraid. She had endured other crises without losing her dignity--births, widowhood, illnesses--and she was experienced enough to know now that everything worthwhile took time and loneliness, perhaps even one's death as well.

~ Dorothy Gilman

Take one more step because it might be the last one needed.

~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Better light a candle than curse the darkness.

~ Confucius Possibly

Awake my great strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The less courage you have, the more dwarf you shall be; the more courage you have, the more giant you shall be!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book.

~ Steve Maraboli

Life is a fairytale of courage, fear, failure, persistence and triumph.

~ Debasish Mridha

Be strong and courageous. You can achieve your goal.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

~ Johnny Rich

Conquer fear and you have conquered all.

~ Temitope Ibrahim

If you must catch, you must not fear what is being thrown.

~ Temitope Ibrahim